Marble rolling demo for download

This works as both a third-person and a first-person demo. The distance from camera to ball is adjustable with sliders at the top of the screen (just out of view of the Rift lenses, so you'll need to take it off to make adjustments). Drop the sliders far left to see things from the ball's point of view.

I recommend a ball's-eye-view of things once you get down to the ice at the bottom level; it makes the surprise ending a little more fun.

A note on making stuff

This demo is based on the roll-a-ball tutorial on the Unity website, which I thoroughly recommend as a starting place for anyone thinking of having a go at making something. If you only know the basics of scripting, you can throw something like this together in a matter of hours. And it's a big kick experiencing in VR something that you just made yourself.

(Apologies for the lack of texturing in places. I know almost nothing about 3D art and was going to revisit this once I'd taught myself a few basics, but it doesn't look like this will happen soon. Obvious improvements would be a nice shiny steel ball or marble, and some groovy stylings for the floating planks (maybe perspex with coloured edges).)

EDIT: I originally made this as Wii Balance Board project, so if you own one and are on a Mac you have the option of steering the ball that way. Otherwise, just ignore the button top left that says 'Search for board'.